Dept of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India.
Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Jun;51:102053. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102053. Epub 2020 Apr 10.
The world is reeling under the crisis caused by corona virus disease (COVID-19), print, electronic and social media are flooded with numerous advisories issued by governments and other national & international agencies. While all this is being done with best of intentions so as to contain the spread of this viral disease, this is causing a significant negative impact on mental health of people specially person of obsessive-compulsive disorder with fear of contamination and excessive washing of hands.
世界正陷入由冠状病毒病(COVID-19)引起的危机之中,印刷品、电子媒体和社交媒体上充斥着各国政府和其他国家及国际机构发布的大量建议。虽然这样做的初衷是为了遏制这种病毒性疾病的传播,但这对人们的心理健康,特别是有洁癖和过度洗手的强迫症患者,产生了重大的负面影响。